Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish counter-attack kills Syrian soldiers in Idlib province

Syrian government troops were killed by Turkish shelling in the northwestern region of Idlib in retaliation for a deadly regime attack

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Libya’s rival leaders to meet in Moscow for ceasefire talks

War-torn Libya's rival leaders Fayez al-Serraj and Khalifa Haftar are set to meet in Moscow to discuss a ceasefire agreement

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Erdogan to seek parliament’s approval to send Turkish troops to Libya

President Erdogan announced plans to send Turkish troops to aid Libya's UN-backed government in Tripoli, a move that may risk proxy war with Russia

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Erdogan says Turkey ready to send troops to help Libyan government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was ready to send troops to Libya if requested by the UN-backed government in Tripoli

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Turkey agrees to NATO Baltic defense plan after Syria rift

Turkey joined NATO allies in agreeing to a new Baltic defense plan after threatening to block it if Syria's YPG were not labelled terrorists

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Erdogan threatens to block NATO’s Baltic defense plan

Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries if it doesn't label a Kurd-led militia in Syria as terrorists, President Erdogan said

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It took almost a year, but a simple shift in US stance led to Turkey’s assault against Syria’s Kurds

US diplomats' short-sighted Syria strategy may have led to Turkey's incrusion and unravelled the partnership with the SDF

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FULL TEXT: Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and Russia on northern Syria

Memorandum of Understanding Between Turkey and the Russian Federation (Sochi, October 22, 2019)

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Russia and Turkey announce joint patrols in 10-km Syrian border security zone

Russia and Turkey have agreed to a plan for northeast Syria that will see Russian patrols of a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkey border

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Erdogan and Pence announce northeast Syria ‘ceasefire’ deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Vice President Mike Pence announced a ceasefire deal in northeast Syria which the SDF will support

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